These Muslim store owners shut down their stores to protest Trump order

Aydan Zokari, a Yemeni immigrant who operates a family deli in lower Manhattan, prepares to close the store on Thursday and join a protest of President Trump’s travel ban. Thousands rallied in Brooklyn on Thursday to denounce President Trump’s executive order on immigration, drawing perhaps the largest public U.S. protest by Muslims in recent history.

A trip of a lifetime: Mary’s Islanders heading to New York

This coming summer, Mary’s Islanders dance troupe, based in Greenwood, is hoping to tour New York City in a trip of a lifetime. Caitlin Gregory-Waldrum, Mary’s Islanders’ owner and artistic director, says it’s important for her dancers to go on the trip as a reward for the hard work they have done.